President Joe Biden makes his farewell address to the Democratic National Convention
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
President Biden wept as he handed the baton to his Vice President, Kamala Harris, during the Democratic National Convention. Also, Israel retrieves the bodies of six hostages as Anthony Blinken is on his latest peace mission; and testimony from Muslim Rohingyas as they are bombed by both sides in Myanmar's civil war.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Janet Jalil and at 13 hours, |
| 0:08.0 | GMT on Tuesday the 20th of August, |
| 0:11.0 | these are our main stories. President Biden has warned the Democratic |
| 0:15.2 | National Convention that November's election will be a battle for the soul of |
| 0:19.9 | America. Israel's army says it's recovered the bodies of six hostages from Gaza as an Israeli strike |
| 0:26.6 | on a school there is reported to have killed at least 10 Palestinians. |
| 0:32.0 | Also in this podcast, this is a double fly-by, lunar-Earth fly-by that's never been done before because it's a very risky procedure. |
| 0:41.0 | A spacecraft is using the gravitational pull of the Earth and the Moon to help it reach Jupiter. |
| 0:49.0 | I gave my best to you the words of President Joe Biden as he delivered what many |
| 0:57.7 | regard as his farewell address to the Democratic National Convention in |
| 1:01.8 | Chicago and bashed in the adulation of |
| 1:04.7 | supporters energized by his decision to pass the torch to his Vice President |
| 1:09.7 | Carmelah Harris instead of trying to run again himself against Donald Trump. |
| 1:14.0 | The crowd repeatedly chanted, |
| 1:16.0 | Thank you, Joe, as he listed his achievements in a political career |
| 1:20.0 | that has spanned more than half a century. And eight years after Hillary Clinton |
| 1:25.0 | won more votes than Donald Trump but still lost the US presidential election |
| 1:29.2 | because of its voting system, she also took to the stage in Chicago to urge Americans to make |
| 1:34.5 | Carmelah Harris the nation's first female president. Emma Vardi sent this |
| 1:39.8 | report from the Convention in Chicago. There was a surprise early appearance on stage from the Democrat headline Act. |
| 1:50.0 | Good evening, Good evening. |
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